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After Saddam's threat, the Israeli military command -- which is all too aware that Iraqi missiles are only five minutes from Tel Aviv -- quickly put its forces on an even higher state of alert. Said Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir: "We are preparing to forestall the threat, prevent it and if, heaven forbid, he does in fact attack, to retaliate...
...missile launch. Once Baghdad begins placing its missiles on launchers, Israel and the U.S. expect to have five or six hours to coordinate a response before the missiles can be fired. To keep Israel out of the fray, Washington may volunteer to take out the missiles, but Shamir will require some convincing. Says Defense Minister Moshe Arens: "Nobody will do the job for us. We can do it, and we should...
ISRAEL. Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir told visiting U.S. Senator Alan Cranston of California last week, "I am sure that it will be easier to promote peace between Israel and the Arabs after the gulf crisis is over." Shamir did not explain his reasoning, but it is conceivable that Israel could be helped by a squelching of the implacable Saddam and by increased influence for the less hostile Saudis and Egyptians. On the other hand, the U.S. will be under greater pressure than ever from its Arab friends to lean on Israel for a solution to the eternal Palestinian problem...
...paradox is that while Israel has long warned against the danger of Iraq, it is, by force of circumstance, in no position to take action. Washington has made it clear, and Shamir's government has conceded, that Western interests are best served if Israel lies low. Any assertive Israeli intrusion might jeopardize the delicate accord the U.S. has reached with its Arab allies or give Saddam an excuse to turn the crisis into an anti-Israeli crusade...
Israelis would prefer to have real gas masks now, and are angrily debating whether the government should release its huge civilian stockpiles. The issue is dividing the leadership. "The masks were intended for these times," insists Foreign Minister David Levy. Shamir and Arens apparently disagree, and have postponed a final decision, fearing that any such move would cause panic or convince Baghdad that Israel is preparing to attack...